Michael Haugen (@HaugenATX)No problem. Texas has a system roughly the size of the federal system, and has been doing even stronger reform than this for over a decade. We&#39 ;ve closed 8 prisons so far and crime has fallen to 1960&#39 ;s levels. The sky hasn&#39 ;t fallen. These are very modest reforms.

#NBC7 San Diego (@nbcsandiego)A man was charged with second-degree murder and several other counts today. He crashed a truck after fleeing from Border Patrol agents in what was an alleged smuggling attempt involving nearly a dozen people.

Michael Haugen (@HaugenATX)Currently, around 95% of prisoners will get out of prison one day, and as many as two-thirds recidivate once they do. This is an objective failure. The bill has two elements to try to address that problem: first, prison reform incentivizes inmates to participate in...